The Current list of Inductees in the IRB HALL of FAME begun in 2006. Nominees and voting prodecure The IRB Hall of Fame honours players and administrators who have enhanced the Game of Rugby through their exceptional achievements. Players, teams, administrators, coaches, referees, media and Rugby personalities alike will all be considered based on their…
(IRB.COM) Wednesday 6 June 2012 The International Rugby Board has inducted the pioneering Romania team from the 1924 Olympic Games into the IRB Hall of Fame. Secretary of the IRB Hall of Fame Chris Thau presented the ceremonial cap and gold pin to Antoniu Nedelcovici, the son of former Romanian Olympic medallist Paul Nedelcovici, at…
Jun 6, 2012 Bermuda’s Bobby Hurdle holds onto the ball against Cayman Islands at the National Sports Centre last month. Bermuda take on Bahamas away at the weekend in a must-win Caribbean Championships match. Bermuda’s national rugby team head to Bahamas today ahead of their ‘do-or-die’ North Zone group decider in the Caribbean Championships. Only…
DURBAN, June 6 | Wed Jun 6, 2012 12:57pm BST (Reuters) – South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer named three debutants on Wednesday in his starting XV for the first test against England in Durban on Saturday. Locks Juandre Kruger (26) and Eben Etzebeth (20) and flank Marcell Coetzee (21) will make their first test appearances…
07/06/2012 KEY MAN: Felipe Contepomi has been included in the Argentina team to play Italy. Argentina have included experienced duo Felipe Contepomi and Rodrigo Roncero in a largely experimental lineup to face Italy in San Juan on Saturday, the first of three June tests for the Pumas. The veteran pair were part of the Argentina…
07/06/2012 Wales arrived in Australia this week brimming with confidence they can move up to rugby’s top table by breaking their 25-year southern hemisphere hoodoo in an intriguing three-test series against the Wallabies this month. The series, which opens with the first test in Brisbane on Saturday, pits the Six Nations champions against the Tri-Nations…
This afternoon in Buenos Aires marked the start of a new era of Argentine rugby as the UAR revealed the new shirt to be worn by Los Pumas in the June internationals vs Italy and France. The new shirt, shown above, is significantly different to that used by the previous supplier, Adidas as there are…
(IRB.COM) Monday 4 June 2012 India celebrate victory over Guam There is a Rugby World Cup flavour to this week’s IRB World Rankings update, with all but one of the week’s internationals counting towards qualification for the tournament England in 2015. CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL IRB WORLD RANKINGS >> Kuala Lumpur’s Royal Selangor Club was…
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